pathname and string add

Hi!

I want to access a Gameobject which is a child of Gameobject "gui". The name of the GO comes from a trigger collision.

But all I get is »NullReferenceException«...

Here's what I got...

Code (csharp):

1.  
2. function OnTriggerEnter (col : Collider) {
3.    
4.      infoBox=GameObject.Find("gui/"+col.name);
5. }

 

To get the gameObject of the collider use

Code (csharp):

1. infoBox = col.gameObject;

If you still want to use that option, put

Code (csharp):

1. Debug.Log ("gui/" + col.name);

to see if its really generating the hierarchy name correctly.

.ORG

 

Thanks!

The trigger collection works - but what I need now is more complex:

When my FPC hits several trigger colliders (let's say the first one is called "test1") a GUI texture that is also called "test1" should be set to active=true.

And here I have that problem: I need "col.name" to get the name of the collider (="test1") - and then change the status of GUI texture "test1".

Problem no 1:

How can I access the GUI texture when it's within a hierarchy?

And how do I add that path to collider.name? Is it "+" ?

 

The same as you do other Game Objects:

Code (csharp):

1. // like this...
2. var tGuiTexture = GameObject.Find("/Foo/Blah/test1");
3.  
4. // or like this...
5. var tGuiTexture = GameObject.Find("test1");

Yes, "+" is what you use to concatenate strings together and the path you pass to the Find() function is provided as a string.

Code (csharp):

1. // imagine having three variables...
2. var tFirstToken = "/Foo";
3. var tSecondToken = "/Blah";
4. var tThirdToken = "/test1";
5.  
6. // then concatenate those together when calling Find()...
7. var tSomeGO = GameObject.Find(tFirstToken + tSecondToken + tThirdToken);